If you ever want to start an argument about something other than politics or vaccinations, I invite you to discuss banning children from restaurants. That’ll get the ball rolling, real quick. I happened upon this topic again recently when I...
Strange what makes us feel sad and old. Did you hear that Toys ‘R Us is shutting down its operations? It’s closing or selling its 740 stores in the United States, as well as giving up its international operations, Canada...
As everyone knows, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, have been making headline news ever since they announced they’re stepping back as “senior members” of Britain’s royal family. In a statement,...
The high school yearbook. Have you dusted yours off and cracked it open lately? I have. I don’t have a hard copy, sadly. It was lost in a box that never got mailed home from my time living in the...
Another day, another example of parents behaving badly. You may have heard about the most recent college admission scandal – the latest public embarrassment but not, I suspect, the last. An investigation by ProPublica Illinois, an independent,...
I saw a meme on-line the other day that really spoke to me. It said, “No one prepares you for the transition from Mama to Mommy to Mom.” No one tells you. You’re not even aware there...
My friend’s 5-year-old has been asking her mother a lot of questions about heaven, not an unusual line of inquiry for children trying to figure out how the world works. If adults wrestle with the concept of an ever after,...
Like a growing number of Canadians, especially those in rural areas without local access to the merchandise they’re looking for, I did most of my holiday shopping on-line; in my pajamas, hair up in a mom bun, coffee in hand,...
The writing was pretty much on the wall for Sears when the company announced they were “restructuring,” and everyone’s assumptions were confirmed when they announced liquidation plans this summer. While news like this doesn’t come as much of a surprise...
The night before our return home from Las Vegas, was spent being tourists on the strip. For months, I had looked forward to seeing the famous Bellagio fountains, so we ventured over there to catch the...




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